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List of contributors | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Prologue | |
The Head, Ingestion, Utilization and Distribution of Food: | |
Head | |
Mouthparts and feeding | |
Alimentary canal, digestion and absorption | |
Nutrition | |
Circulatory system, blood and the immune system | |
Fat body | |
The Thorax and Locomotion: | |
Thorax | |
Legs and locomotion | |
Wings and flight | |
Muscles | |
The Abdomen, Reproduction and Development: | |
Abdomen | |
Reproductive system: male | |
Reproductive system: female | |
The egg and embryology | |
Postembryonic development | |
The Integument, Gas Exchange and Homeostasis: | |
Integument | |
Gaseous exchange | |
Excretion and salt and water regulation | |
Thermal relations | |
Communication | |
Physiological Co-ordination within the Insect: | |
Nervous system | |
Endocrine system Stuart | |
Section | |
Perception of the Environment: | |
Vision | |
Mechanoreception | |
Chemoreception | |
Communication with other Organisms: | |
Visual signals: colour and light production | |
Mechanical communication: producing sound and substrate vibrations | |
Chemical communication: pheromones and chemicals with interspecific significance | |
Taxonomic index | |
Subject index | |
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